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• SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not even sure the animal depicted is a sperm whale.

  Looks like that little fellow

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan

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  • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Livyatan is an extinct genus of highly predatory macroraptorial sperm whale, containing one known species: L. melvillei.

    Uhm ackshually

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    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stop finding flaws in my flawless comments! 😭

      So mean! 😭😭😭

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      • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        a more fun fact is that Livyatan was almost certainly alive at the same time as Megalodon. Given that modern Orcas regularly prey on Great white sharks, a similar dynamic was probably at play in the late Miocene

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  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    was talking about a different whale species thats badass as fuck

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